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Former editor Green Events magazine, co-founder of Independent News Collective. Interested in authentic voices. All original material. South of the Border Joined December 2010-
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#bbcpoliticslive Just a thought - why don’t we install arrays of #solarpanels on the tens of thousands of electricity pylons crisscrossing our country instead of on arable land! @BBCPolitics
Just a thought - why don’t we install arrays of #solarpanels on the tens of thousands of electricity pylons crisscrossing our country instead of on arable land!
Understatement of the decade - ‘I’m not perfect.’ Liz Truss.
Should be James, James Norton. #nextjamesbond
I’m against anyone voting purely on religious affiliation. The separation of church and state is a fundamental principle of democracy. If that makes me Islamophobic, anti-Semitic or un-Christian, then so be it.
Why does the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign never call upon Hamas to lay down their weapons and release the hostages? Surely the quickest way to a ceasefire.
Re the Fermi Paradox - Rather than self-destructing it is perhaps a possibility alien species faced with the insurmountable challenges of interstellar travel instead continue to evolve until they reach a spiritual state where they can travel the universe in non-corporeal form.
It is often said that wisdom and knowledge are not the same thing, and also that knowledge is power. Does that mean wisdom is weak and maybe that is what is wrong with the world?
Is it illegal to have a peace protest on armistice day?
Maybe #Rishi & #Elon could get #AI to sort out the #Israel #Palestine conflict, because it’s patently obvious human intelligence isn’t up to the task.
The mystery of life is also the meaning of life. Without the mystery, life would become meaningless. The ultimate truth is not the goal, the quest is the eternal meaning.
Still time for you to have your say in the election from hell!
Still time for you to have your say in the election from hell!
In this hopefully avoided nightmare scenario who do you think would have won a GE? NB. Not who you would vote for but who you think would genuinely have won.
The more clever you seem when you are drunk, the more stupid you’ll feel when you’re sober. It’s a fundamental law.
If you are sick to the teeth of Tory hypocrisy please like this tweet. #ToryPartyConference
Bradley Wall 🏳️�.. @BWallArthur
42K Followers 24K Following Lover of humanity, science, environment, international coope and everything positive the world has to offer. Campaigner when it is against something negative🌹EuropeanPowell @EuropeanPowell
44K Followers 21K Following Slade School of Art UCL. Senior lecturer Fine Art, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague 🏴 Reluctant political activist. Please support me via Ko-fi!Lee Jones @LeeJone50103071
31K Followers 30K Following ALL TORIES ARE B'STARDS. Vote tactically: https://t.co/1XbTHUsNWr leealanj on Threads. https://t.co/8ZVzDUOszJ #BLM #FBPR 🇸🇩 A DM=an instant block. 🔞𝚁𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚜�.. @TheLittleWaster
19K Followers 18K Following 𝑺𝒖𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒕, 𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔!TEE ᗪI᙭IE 🇳�.. @TeeDixie
28K Followers 18K Following About myself in less than 160,that's a challenge from Twitter. I'm not great at being concise, tricky 2 squeeze it all in eh? 🇳🇱🏴🏴Ian collins @Iancoll94354676
19K Followers 18K Following Concerned about the future of democracy and how easy it is to carry out a right wing coup, Wolves fan. Many thanks for likes, retweets and followsJohnny Wessex #FBPE �.. @johnnyjonjonny
25K Followers 26K Following Declaring 4July23 my #Twitter #IndependenceDay as it’s no longer usable or enjoyable. This account is now read, retweet occasionally, & reference only.Cecelia 🐦😂💕G.. @cernusson
16K Followers 14K Following 😀🍾...Champagne is always the answer! Fellow tweeters can also find me on : @[email protected]. (Champagne on ice & waiting 🍾🥂💕)Earl Owen the Uncivil.. @owen_whiteley
6K Followers 5K Following 🏳️🌈💙🇪🇺💚🎸🇺🇦 Extremist Trans activist left wing deep state Islamist coalition @[email protected] @andrewwhiteley.bsky.socialThe Grit @theGrit_music
20K Followers 14K Following Doug: Writes music to highlight injustice | Anti-Tory | Pro-EU | Anti-racist | Intolerant of prejudice/inequality/liars 💙🐟 #GTTO Concerned.Christine Bore 💙 @ChristineBore
16K Followers 15K Following Struggling now, pain increases ,short life only ??🙄My husband, daughter, lovely, family & friends. Adore animals and nature #kindness #positivity #strength 💕🐟 🇪🇺🇺🇦.. @AllanGPaterson
29K Followers 27K Following Active Optimist. I'm now also @allangpaterson.bsky.social too! #GTTO #UBI #FBPE follow @AllianceNowUK https://t.co/fp4x0hlVhzChristy Stechlinski @CStechlins33955
80 Followers 5K FollowingRosio Pavlikowski @pavlikowsk52926
78 Followers 5K FollowingIzetta Vollette @IzettaV6137
74 Followers 5K FollowingKristin Lessmann @KristinLes78048
79 Followers 5K FollowingDeborah Heister @debo_heis
37 Followers 5K FollowingKaitlyn Tuckerson @KaitlTuckers
59 Followers 5K FollowingPaul mendy @paulmendy1009
498 Followers 8K FollowingStephen Todd @todddzbox
86 Followers 83 Following Failed photographer of birds in flight and enthusiastic grandpa. Patch birding every day and only twitch when under pressure.💕❤💕LiuoLiuo�.. @lipsyLui
348 Followers 329 Following ⚘️Labour supporter. Pro EU 🏴🇬🇧🇪🇺⚘️ No to Scottish independence!theresa ohara @TheresaOha91175
391 Followers 2K Following 🌸 waiting for a General Election #GTTO 💃 https://t.co/asCPdHNbEPmaldarling 🇪🇺�.. @maldarling
3K Followers 5K Following Welsh, mother and grandmother. Matriarch of a wonderful extended family. Love chatting to all I meet. Love France. Brexit and Tories are disasters .Seb Berry 💙 @SebPV
3K Followers 2K Following Public affairs consultant. Former VP @solarpowereu VC @solarenergyUK @solarcentury speechwriter for two @UN Secretary-Generalsjfa643 @jfa643
273 Followers 460 Following Am I not my brother's and sister's keeper? Notwithstanding that, I block twits and trolls.WokeyJed @WalkingJed
1K Followers 2K Following Left of the so-called left. GTTO. Support PR👍 War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing! No DMs, thanks. #ItWasAScam #FreeAssange #FreePalestineRobert Charlton 🇪�.. @RobertCharlton2
458 Followers 505 Following Retired ‘lefty’ lawyer. Musician, volunteer and cricket umpire.Dr Dharms ❌ @DrDharms
2K Followers 3K Following Twitter is dead! I'm just here to watch with my popcorn 🍿 Woke remoaner, scientist 👨🏽🔬 All views my own! Senior Editor Audience Engagement #FBPE 🇪🇺HOWL❤️ KeepCanada.. @chewinglass
2K Followers 5K Following Cranky Pants Pessimist | ANIPAL | Meat is murder | Proud Leftist | Prayer & Child Free Zone |💧ONE PLANET @ONEPLANETparty
1K Followers 2K Following New Politics for a New Generation. #ClimateCatastrophe #StopCorruption #MurdochRoyalCommission #TakeBackOurDemocracy https://t.co/WL6cTmEWDJDebbie Eade @EadeDebbie
5K Followers 5K Following Newly retired (😃) journalist/translator in Spain. Politics, travel, Nature + helping to fight for truth, justice + reparation for victims of Franco repression.Arch Godbotherer Bony.. @TonySloane10
4K Followers 5K Following Archaeology, Palaeoanthropology, Zoology, Primates, Solution Focussed Coach, People, Politics. Happy WondererMissy…… #FBPE #GT.. @MissyLelly
2K Followers 2K Following I use Twitter mainly for the news. I do not tweet often due to pure anger! #GTTO #FBPE #SaveOurNHS #ToriesDestroyedBritain #ToryCorruptionJames Lazarus 🇺�.. @JustSayNope
10K Followers 10K Following Interested in politics, art, science. Voted remain. Previously a proud European citizen. Fight to #rejoin the EU & return our stolen Freedom of Movement.Kassandra💙🐟🕸.. @Noname06401912
7K Followers 8K Following Not left or right or nuts ,somewhere in the middle with the rest rather be in the mountains [email protected] #FBPPR #European 🇪🇺Philip O'Hare @Redeye48
775 Followers 1K Following Retired and loving it. Loathe the shower trying to run our country and in particular their leader.Shawn Falletti @Aquamarine0068
480 Followers 1K Following Primum non nocere. Please, no swearing or name-calling. Don’t hate me for being a Democrat.☮️🕊️Jonny 🇺🇦 #Slava.. @Jonsonton
1K Followers 2K Following Sentient ape living on planet earth, hoping my compatriots vote for an actual human next time. Dysgwr Cymraeg.🏴 Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦andy62 🇪🇺#FBPE @maineman14
2K Followers 5K Following city fan through thick and thin,season ticket holder east stand(kippax) 54 years a blue, remainer,leftistWeaver Lad #GTTO 🏳.. @weaverslad3
342 Followers 1K Following Donegal born... North Coast living... in Norn Iron #ourweecountry...Opinions expressed are entirely personal 😊Julie Dutto @julie_dutto
20K Followers 19K Following 5 Cats, 2 Dogs..all rescues, #Vegan #endspecism #EndTheDCMT Animal advocate & activist #CAPA #Sara #GTTO #Resist #FBPE🐟💙No DM’s please...here for the animals!Lion and Fox 81 @lionandfox6773
2K Followers 5K Following I did not vote for this government,I back and support socialist endeavours, we should be in the European Union.Dr. Ms. Patty @missumpatty
944 Followers 2K Following Reader teacher professor wife goddess UU grandma writer baker crone activist she/her/hers democrat feminist owned by cats and dogs! #Resist! #BluewaveElisabeth Carey, B.A... @ElisabethCarey
2K Followers 1K Following Reference librarian & dog lover. Mastodon: @[email protected] Tribel: Lis Carey CounterSocial: @LisCarey Spoutible: https://t.co/40pR127DNSRose of the Anne @RHollender
1K Followers 2K Following Wonderful Autistic Son who lives in a world not understanding and rarely reaching out to meet where he is, stunning daughter, heart with the EU, anti RW, VeganBelligerent Bear 💙 @PeterRatter
498 Followers 2K Following Should we need to jump ship: Belligerent Bear @[email protected]Goblin Trash Panda �.. @IncRabid
627 Followers 1K Following I loathe hypocrisy. Columbia U. Team Darwin.“Progressives” are tiresome #DirtyWaterJennifer 💙💚🇺.. @Jennyfurfuls
26K Followers 16K Following Socialist, love birds, animals, GARLIC,NHS. LGBTQ👍 Views my own. Easily irritated. Hate Tories, blocked by Nadine Dorries, Yay!Frank Perry @therainanimal
758 Followers 1K Following 🇪🇺 💙proud Neandertal by descent, European, Englishman in that order; literary translator and sometime writer, tennis player-ish.CJ Ward 🇬🇧 🇫.. @NormandieCJ
1K Followers 2K Following British. Living + working in FR 🇫🇷 - before 2016. Love: France, nature, books, photography, blue skies... and migrations... ▶️ @normandiecj.bsky.socialisabelle 💙 🇫�.. @Marieisabelles5
5K Followers 5K Following #FBPE no DMs please citizen of the world but European too BAHons in social policy interested in politics sociology animal welfare psychology. French citizenMichael Jon Palmquist @MJPalmquist82
115 Followers 405 Following father/singer-songwriter/biology student/humanist, atheist, Catholic/MN Vikings, United & Aurora fan/Afghanistan War veteran/zweisprachigmrs personality @shez_cstation
455 Followers 922 Following succession obsessed. arsenal obsessed. huge fan of justice 😊Trish @trishtra3
10K Followers 11K Following 🇺🇲 🌊🌊🌊🇺🇲 Tired of the GOP clown show. Vote Blue. No DM's.Ken @kenantins
697 Followers 858 Following displaced Cumbrian. queen fan, Liverpool FC supporter, all round sports fan, sci-fi geek and lover of history.Anne Michie @AnneMichie5
3K Followers 5K FollowingEuropeanPowell @EuropeanPowell
44K Followers 21K Following Slade School of Art UCL. Senior lecturer Fine Art, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague 🏴 Reluctant political activist. Please support me via Ko-fi!The Grit @theGrit_music
20K Followers 14K Following Doug: Writes music to highlight injustice | Anti-Tory | Pro-EU | Anti-racist | Intolerant of prejudice/inequality/liars 💙🐟 #GTTO Concerned.Joy Evans @Joyllwynonn
223 Followers 352 Followingnormski :-) @normski45
447 Followers 1K Following Bloke, father, husband. Fed up with self seeking politicians. I always follow backJohn @JnOCallaghan
2K Followers 5K Following INTERESTS: Dog/Animal Welfare, Politics, Current Affairs, Social Issues.Stephen Todd @todddzbox
86 Followers 83 Following Failed photographer of birds in flight and enthusiastic grandpa. Patch birding every day and only twitch when under pressure.💕❤💕LiuoLiuo�.. @lipsyLui
348 Followers 329 Following ⚘️Labour supporter. Pro EU 🏴🇬🇧🇪🇺⚘️ No to Scottish independence!theresa ohara @TheresaOha91175
391 Followers 2K Following 🌸 waiting for a General Election #GTTO 💃 https://t.co/asCPdHNbEPRussell England 😷�.. @RussellEngland
6K Followers 5K Following Moodle/Totara developer Love travelling (41 countries so far),silly jokes,Marmite Brummie,Remoaner,bit of a nomad,fact finder @russellengland.bsky.social🎲ThatCasinoChick�.. @ThatCasinoChick
3K Followers 4K Following #GTTO #Woke #FBPE #Married DM's and List adding = Automatic Block!! #TrollerOfTrolls #alouvetine #IYKYK😘 [email protected]Omar Salem @OmarSalem
16K Followers 16K Following Climb every mountain. Founder @Better_Daddies. Comms Officer @RomfordLabour. Views personal. 🎾📸Peasant 1066 @Peasant_1066
6K Followers 7K Following Software genius. Left-leaning democratic-liberal eco-socio-capitalist ❤️💛💚, allergy to greed/corruption/stupidity. Woke as F. #GTTO #FBPPR #FBPA #FBREU #FBNHSKa-H Agent #35261/352.. @devonlass
8K Followers 9K Following Woman, TERF, old skool feminist. Trans identified men don’t belong in womens spaces & sports, because they’re men.Sir Jeremy Bear of To.. @jeremybear123
7K Followers 7K Following Retired IT professional. Hates xenophobia and religious intolerance. Irish citizen. Pro Scottish independence. @[email protected] #IndyRef2 #RejoinEUJosh™|⍌|ATP|🌏T.. @jozefnovak
15K Followers 15K Following 🌏🎾😷✈️☕♉|SportMED|✇RUBLO| withмFRIEND&player| |@AndreyRublev97|#PEACEANDLOVE|#HOPE♡|#RUBI◥ ◤ @MattJAFFEMusic🎵❤@NUESTRODEH|📖🎞Δrt|ⁱᵐMD,PhD🩺🇺🇸🇬🇧|NeurosciGeorge Tsekouras MBA @dopest_warrior
5K Followers 5K Following On a continuous journey of self discovery---life is always a work in progress. You gain the edge in life by accepting challenges, and dominating them with gritPeter Williams 🇪�.. @petercrwilliams
4K Followers 5K Following Product Director in Tech companies, both physical and digital. For: social market economy, cycling, hills. Against: Brexit & dangerous Populism.Views my ownProfessor Alberto Tes.. @DrATesta
15K Followers 10K Following Alberto Testa is a #Criminologist & #farright expert. All views my own. W: https://t.co/5urpw4YeZZ E: [email protected]Victor Sixtin @VSixtin
5K Followers 5K Following (I hope) smart tweets on leadership, management and innovation. Things I wished I had been told when I begun.Katy Jon Went @katyjon
9K Followers 8K Following Speaker on #DEI #diversity #dialogue #mentalhealth #LGBTQ #freespeech @HumanLibraryUK @50ShadesGender #FBPE https://t.co/lVAHIYALRqPaul. #FBPE @PaulRog2.. @PaulRog23
8K Followers 9K Following Centre left, hates right/left wing loonies. Cyclist, dog walker and Boro fan.Seb Berry 💙 @SebPV
3K Followers 2K Following Public affairs consultant. Former VP @solarpowereu VC @solarenergyUK @solarcentury speechwriter for two @UN Secretary-Generalsmaldarling 🇪🇺�.. @maldarling
3K Followers 5K Following Welsh, mother and grandmother. Matriarch of a wonderful extended family. Love chatting to all I meet. Love France. Brexit and Tories are disasters .jfa643 @jfa643
273 Followers 460 Following Am I not my brother's and sister's keeper? Notwithstanding that, I block twits and trolls.jay 🔶🇬🇧🇪�.. @JaaayTooo
2K Followers 5K Following Patriot & rejoiner (they go together). Atheist/humanist. Liberal & democrat. British & European. Feminist. Antifacist. Trans Ally. BLM. FB PE. Woke. FBPA 🔶💙 Nana B🌹👊�.. @GloryBS
8K Followers 9K Following 🌹💙 Socialist, mum of 2, nana of Leili and George. Love my famo & our dogs Tia and Koa. 50's woman. No to war. No DM's. #FBPE 🇪🇺🇪🇺 💙🌹Alison Ragon 💙⭐�.. @alid1973
2K Followers 3K Following I'm a sometimes unconventional English language trainer with interest in lifelong learning and learner-type oriented approaches.WokeyJed @WalkingJed
1K Followers 2K Following Left of the so-called left. GTTO. Support PR👍 War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing! No DMs, thanks. #ItWasAScam #FreeAssange #FreePalestineAvice #SaveTheNHS #GT.. @AviceYorks
2K Followers 3K Following #GTTO ! Love animals, not sure about many people! I paint & walk the hills. Civilised societies support people in need #ToriesCorruptToTheCoreRobert Charlton 🇪�.. @RobertCharlton2
458 Followers 505 Following Retired ‘lefty’ lawyer. Musician, volunteer and cricket umpire.Dr Dharms ❌ @DrDharms
2K Followers 3K Following Twitter is dead! I'm just here to watch with my popcorn 🍿 Woke remoaner, scientist 👨🏽🔬 All views my own! Senior Editor Audience Engagement #FBPE 🇪🇺💧ONE PLANET @ONEPLANETparty
1K Followers 2K Following New Politics for a New Generation. #ClimateCatastrophe #StopCorruption #MurdochRoyalCommission #TakeBackOurDemocracy https://t.co/WL6cTmEWDJHOWL❤️ KeepCanada.. @chewinglass
2K Followers 5K Following Cranky Pants Pessimist | ANIPAL | Meat is murder | Proud Leftist | Prayer & Child Free Zone |mrs personality @shez_cstation
455 Followers 922 Following succession obsessed. arsenal obsessed. huge fan of justice 😊Marie Taylor @marie_mirrat
684 Followers 738 FollowingLouise Preston 🌹�.. @sitcon
1K Followers 3K Following Loving retirement and following Tony Benn's advice - interested in current affairs, spending time with grandchildren, trying to keep up with new technologyPhilip O'Hare @Redeye48
775 Followers 1K Following Retired and loving it. Loathe the shower trying to run our country and in particular their leader.Rose of the Anne @RHollender
1K Followers 2K Following Wonderful Autistic Son who lives in a world not understanding and rarely reaching out to meet where he is, stunning daughter, heart with the EU, anti RW, Veganandy62 🇪🇺#FBPE @maineman14
2K Followers 5K Following city fan through thick and thin,season ticket holder east stand(kippax) 54 years a blue, remainer,leftistKassandra💙🐟🕸.. @Noname06401912
7K Followers 8K Following Not left or right or nuts ,somewhere in the middle with the rest rather be in the mountains [email protected] #FBPPR #European 🇪🇺Goblin Trash Panda �.. @IncRabid
627 Followers 1K Following I loathe hypocrisy. Columbia U. Team Darwin.“Progressives” are tiresome #DirtyWaterTim Williams 🏴.. @Tim_S_Williams
2K Followers 2K Following Ecologist - Socialist - Progressive - European anti-Tory (anti-fascist)/anti-Brexit #ToryScumOut #FBPPR #FBPE #RenationaliseNHS #GullisOut #StokieWokieHer Highness Heidi Hi.. @Heidis9Lives
9K Followers 9K Following When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression. #FBPEAlana Benson @LaniBeno
7K Followers 5K Following Enthusiastic watcher of football & drinker of wine. Polite Warning: I RT a lot. On matchdays, even more. West Ham TID. #COYI #Massive.Frank Perry @therainanimal
758 Followers 1K Following 🇪🇺 💙proud Neandertal by descent, European, Englishman in that order; literary translator and sometime writer, tennis player-ish.@petermccaig @BBCPolitics Or, replace all the old windmills with windmills!
I was just telling my dogs how when we were young they used to say that talking to yourself was the first sign of madness. We had a good laugh about it.
Got sad news today. After 7 years of medical training, my good friend has been struck off after one minor indiscretion. He slept with one of his patients & now can no longer work in the job he loves. What a waste of time, training & money. A genuinely nice guy, and a great vet.
Some 15 years later, and back in the UKFR, I studied Countryside Management for two years. Of course that included taxonomy. Our tutor went round class saying the English name of a tree and pointing to a student to say the Latin name. 2/3
Mine was Scots pine. Naturally, I said Pinus sylvestris. Classmates tittered, teacher flustered, face of fury. It’s ‘p-eye-nus’, she thundered. She was wrong. 3/3
After living in a village composed exclusively of locals and me for four years, I spoke Spanish ‘super bien’, as they said to anyone from neighbouring villages (believe me, everyone knew everyone in those villages). 1/3
If Joy Divison were Irish
A joyplot view of Ireland’s population density #ireland #irelandMap #100daysofmaps #day40
It didn't go well today but I couldn't go wrong in the sixth row at least. Good luck with your word games. Wordle 857 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟨🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
It's not something I would normally do, but at the next UK general election I plan to stay up all night and watch the results coming in, and revel in every thick, loud-mouthed Tory twit that loses their seat. Bring it on!
Here’s an oxymoron for you @itvnews Rishi Sunak & diplomacy
Ffs a 13 year old arrested by @metpoliceuk under suspicion of having a gun. The press haven’t given any personal characteristics, if I was a betting person I would guarantee the boy was not white British ! Apology doesn’t cut the trauma the young person will have experienced.
I cannot believe I have heard callers to national radio comparing Israel to the Nazis. It’s offensive beyond comprehension.
I’ve just seen a comment stating ‘the British government is doing it best’ when someone highlighted the living hell people are experiencing in Gaza. What the actual fuck is that then?! #PalestineLivesMatter
Two good results last night. It's nice to wake up to some good news for a change. I expect the Tories will go into full implosion and civil war mode now. It's going to get very very ugly.
An interesting consequence of xenophobic Tory propaganda is the rise of Reform and Britain first.
I'll bet Graham Brady's post box is getting a bit full this morning. Good. Let the Tories roll out thier next unwanted loser. Let's see who they'll foist on the country next.
#gmb Covers the new revelations of RAAC affecting more schools and hospitals the day after the by-elections. 🤔 But 🎃
“Eat out to help out” was OBVIOUSLY dangerous at the time. There is no hindsight here. #covidenquiry #drDeath